Surprise Birthday + a giveaway!

Hey you guys! Today’s post is pretty special — it’s a surprise birthday party hop for Monica Hunter! Monica is the owner of Hambo Stamps and tomorrow is her birthday. A bunch of us got together and decided to throw a little surprise party for her, and we’d like you to join us! Woo!

Every birthday has to have presents, and this one’s for YOU! One random hopper that completes the hop will receive a Hambo Birthday surprise! The winner will be announced at the Hambo Hoedown on Wednesday, August 17.

I decided to turn this cute little ellie into a shaped card — just made her about 5 inches tall, printed her on watercolor paper, and painted away! One of the things I love about digi images is how you can resize them however you like! To make the card back, I traced her body on white cardstock, cut it out, then adhered it to the back and scored a fold about 2″ from the top. I printed out the message, then cut slits on either side of her trunk so that she could hold it.

And then! Then I just had to give her some glittered toenails! Because a party elephant isn’t fully dressed without ’em, right? Plus they go with her glittered party hat. :)

Now, I’m the last stop on the hop, so from here you can head on over to Hambo’s blog, Talk to the Ham, and leave Monica some love! (That name just cracks me!) Here’s the full hop in case you’d like to start from the beginning or you got here out of order:

BIG HUGS to you Lisa, for being a part of this surprise birthday blog hop!! I LOVE your party elephant card — what a great idea blowing it up (elephants are supposed to be BIG, right?) and making a shaped card with it! This hop has been the perfect kick-off for my birthday celebration, and you girls are SO sweet and thoughtful to surprise me with all of your awesome cards. Thank you SO MUCH!! :)

What a wonderful card. I just love everything about it. That it is not on a card, the wonderful flower on his party hat, the moving eyes. So much fun. I am sure Monica will love it too.Hetty recently posted..Bring on the Babies!

wow.. that’s absolutely amazing! i hope that i can do that too because i would love to give it to someone really special to me.. thanks so much for sharing this one!kris recently posted..online angry birds

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